United States — Share of household wealth: top 1 %, middle class, bottom half
Share of total US household net worth held by the top 1 %, the next 9 % (90th-99th percentiles), the middle 40 % (50th-90th) and the bottom half, households ranked by wealth. Federal Reserve Distributional Financial Accounts, quarterly since 1989.· Share of the total net worth of US households (assets minus debts: homes, pension funds, shares, businesses, deposits…) held by each group, households being ranked by WEALTH, not income. The Federal Reserve's Distributional Financial Accounts spread the national financial accounts across households using its Survey of Consumer Finances; quarterly since 1989, published about 11 weeks after the quarter and revised with each release. The four groups add up to 100 %.
